Comments on: The Fear That Preserved Slaveryhttps://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/the-fear-that-preserved-slavery/
remembering freedom for the slaves ...Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:27:35 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Edwin Thompsonhttps://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/the-fear-that-preserved-slavery/#comment-375
Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:44:33 +0000http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/?p=2159#comment-375Good post Donald. I wonder how 1860 New Englanders would have felt about including Delaware as a Northern State. After all, it was a slave state and voted solidly for Breckinridge. The Northern States had already abolished slavery and because Delaware bordered on these free states, perhaps it made sense to Lincoln to abolish slavery through compensated emancipation. I am waiting to see your post on Delaware. Ed
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Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:33:40 +0000http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/?p=2159#comment-374The southern slaveowners’ fearfulness reveals an awareness of their slaves’ humanity, denied elsewhere in their relationships.
Interesting that this item would show up in November 1861 in the NYT, playing to northern racism as well.
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